Where I’ve been and of course the “Bucket List”
It’s the circle of life: cartoons of our youth become live action teen dramas of our adulthood (see: Riverdale and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina). But live-action reboots rarely live up to fans’ standards, and, as the casting controversy of Fate: Winx Saga shows, Netflix’s newest series is not exempt. Based […]
Baby name trends often reflect what’s going on in pop culture, so it’s no great surprise that Bridgerton-themed names are being tipped for popularity. The acclaimed period drama is already sparking a Regencycore fashion trend. Now it’s set to fuel a rise in Regency-style baby names, according to the website […]
According to a recent YouGov survey, 57% of Brits want to continue working from home – at least some of the time – after the pandemic. This is already having a major impact on the housing market. Rents in many London central neighbourhoods have dropped significantly over the last year […]
“Yes, absolutely it was real,” Bling Empire’s Kelly Mi Li told Refinery29, officially stepping in the shoes of a reality star on a press day. No sentence is more necessary for someone who has allowed prying eyes into their life via a Netflix docusoap. In this case, Mi Li was […]
Though Netflix now has a “Top 10” feature, the streaming giant doesn’t yet release comprehensive viewing figures. Because of this, trying to work out the most watched Netflix shows still requires a bit of guesswork. It’s clear from social media that Bridgerton and Bling Empire are really capturing viewers’ imaginations […]
On the scale of a fringe (or “bangs”) from baby to curtain, the latter undoubtedly takes the cake for being the most versatile. The trend, which creates curtain-like layers in front of your face, has been in high demand in salons and popular on TikTok, with the #curtainbangs hashtag amassing […]
Rents in London have fallen “significantly” for a third consecutive quarter, according to the latest report from SpareRoom. The average room rent in the capital in the final quarter of 2020 was £715 – an 8% drop from £781 a year earlier. Eight out of the ten postcodes where rents […]
Warning: This post contains spoilers for The White Tiger on Netflix. Despite its dramatic aesthetics and larger-than-life moments, the story at the heart of Netflix’s new drama, The White Tiger, doesn’t seem that far from reality. Set in modern-day India, the film follows a poor man named Balram Halwai (Adarsh Gourav), who uses […]
On December 20, 2020, Instagram updated its Terms of Use and the sex work community on OnlyFans was not happy. The new Terms of Use wasn’t a drastic change; it involved an update to data transparency, the enforcement of stricter rules when it comes to disabling accounts, and a change […]
In the past, diet messaging has been blatant and in your face: “Blast fat.” Sexually objectifying: “Would you rather be covered in sweat at the gym or covered in clothes at the beach?” And straight-up shaming: “What you eat in private, you wear in public.” However, with the rise of […]
